10.6% —
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.6%
- 2021: 10.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Tumbling Waters · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Tumbling Waters
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Tumbling Waters compared to the rest of the country. Only 10.6% of residents were born outside Australia, which is far below the national figure of 27.7%. This creates a community with a very strong level of Australian and British heritage.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Most people here claim Australian ancestry at 46.5% or English at 39.4%. Other common backgrounds include Scottish, Irish, and German descent.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of overseas-born residents is far below the Northern Territory figure of 21.8%. While 72% of people were born in Australia, the next most common birthplaces are England, New Zealand, and Nepal.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in Tumbling Waters [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70266/tumbling-waters/topic/ancestry-heritage